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Will rm -r* removes hidden files?
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Answer / jennie
find the hidden files by doing ls -lat
and then use rm <filename>
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Answer / anandhi
$rm –rf .??*
With the option –rf and the use " .??* " will remove/delete
all hidden files/directory. The initial " . " indicates
a 'hidden' file and the " ?? " match at least two
characters to exclude the parent-directory which is " .. "
and to remove or delete everything the " * " will match all
number or characters that used for files or directory name.
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Answer / shan, chennai
Not at all agree. Will post you once I get the command for
that.
Shan, Chennai
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Answer / abhijit (pune)
No, it will not delete hidden files.
but, rm -f .* will definately removes the hidden files in
that perticular directory.
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Answer / viswa
The command rm -r * will not delte the hidden files. The
command will delte all the normal(unhidden) files and
direcotories.
#1 //Deleting all hidden files in present dir
rm -f .*
#2 //Deleting all hidden dir's in the present dir
rm -r .* OR rmdir .*
Note the command #2 will delete only the hidden dir's
created by the user not the default hidden dir's(. & ..)
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Answer / sunitha k
rm -r* delete all files in the current directory and all
its sub-directories.it works really.
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